Showing posts with label wednesday's child. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wednesday's child. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wednesday's Child: Charity
Every girl deserves to be pampered and 15-year-old Charity felt extra special when she spent an afternoon at the Like the River hair salon in Inman Park.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Tell me this kid isn't heavily medicated...
Wednesday's Child: Matthew
"I…wanna rock and roll all night …." Even though that song was released in 1975 -- 20 years before this week's Wednesday's Child, Matthew, was born - we suspect that he and many of you might recognize it as one of rock music's greatest anthems of all time.
"I…wanna rock and roll all night …." Even though that song was released in 1975 -- 20 years before this week's Wednesday's Child, Matthew, was born - we suspect that he and many of you might recognize it as one of rock music's greatest anthems of all time.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tampa teen to be exploited on foster care special displaying the work of brainwashing and pumping him full of Dreams of Forever Homes
Tampa teen to be on foster care special
His name is Rashad and he wants a family. The 14-year-old Tampa teen has been in more than 20 foster homes since he was 8 years old. And he's changed schools a dozen times.
His name is Rashad and he wants a family. The 14-year-old Tampa teen has been in more than 20 foster homes since he was 8 years old. And he's changed schools a dozen times.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
"If only I was adopted, my life would be perfect."
This is sad.
I am posting this video so that you can see the lies that they tell to these kids. Dreams of forever homes being pumped into their little influential heads, being promoted as bullshit that is being pumped through the television set to confuse and influence the sheep with a particular view on the issue of foster care and adoption.
The hope is that some sucker for a good sob story will come forward and rescue this kid from another 8 years of being bounced through the system. The reality is that these kids are generally lied to, led to believe, or coached into saying that this is what would make their lives complete. "If only I was adopted, my life would be perfect."
Fastening seat belts or insisting on bike helmets are just a couple of ways parents show concern for their children. On Wednesday's Child Liz Everman introduces us to a 10-year-old who is eager to have a parent to care about her.
I am posting this video so that you can see the lies that they tell to these kids. Dreams of forever homes being pumped into their little influential heads, being promoted as bullshit that is being pumped through the television set to confuse and influence the sheep with a particular view on the issue of foster care and adoption.
The hope is that some sucker for a good sob story will come forward and rescue this kid from another 8 years of being bounced through the system. The reality is that these kids are generally lied to, led to believe, or coached into saying that this is what would make their lives complete. "If only I was adopted, my life would be perfect."
Fastening seat belts or insisting on bike helmets are just a couple of ways parents show concern for their children. On Wednesday's Child Liz Everman introduces us to a 10-year-old who is eager to have a parent to care about her.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Does anybody want a kid?
Come on somebody adopt this kid, because absent of a label or two, at his age he's worth twelve grand in adoption bonus money! Kentucky took in $1,371,110 in bonus cash. They need to start pushing the issue for next year.
For three decades, Liz Everman has told us about foster children who need to be adopted. Today, you'll meet a young man who asked to be removed from his unsafe family, and he believes things are looking up.
And check this out...
And I'm sure he's a good kid, but you gotta do something cool with them when utilizing this type of marketing strategy. So a reporter meets them for a game of mini-golf or football or something so that they're happy and bubbly in front of the camera. And of course they only show the happy bubbly kid on TV. They don't tell you about the RAD, or the Special Needs, or the developmental disabilities. They don't bother to mention that these kids are damaged, unless of course it's blatantly obvious when they have to advertise for a family who is equipped to deal with severely disabled children. But that's beside the point.
http://jackwilliamswednesdayschild.com/
Tell me this guy isn't trying to sell you something.
For three decades, Liz Everman has told us about foster children who need to be adopted. Today, you'll meet a young man who asked to be removed from his unsafe family, and he believes things are looking up.
And check this out...
Wednesday's Child: 11-Year-Old Gary
Gary is a sweet, polite 11-year-old African American boy who describes himself as athletic.
And I'm sure he's a good kid, but you gotta do something cool with them when utilizing this type of marketing strategy. So a reporter meets them for a game of mini-golf or football or something so that they're happy and bubbly in front of the camera. And of course they only show the happy bubbly kid on TV. They don't tell you about the RAD, or the Special Needs, or the developmental disabilities. They don't bother to mention that these kids are damaged, unless of course it's blatantly obvious when they have to advertise for a family who is equipped to deal with severely disabled children. But that's beside the point.
http://jackwilliamswednesdayschild.com/
Tell me this guy isn't trying to sell you something.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday's Child: Varasano's Pizza
An aspiring teenage chef is the focus of this edition of Wednesday's Child. Fourteen-year-old Ashley rolled up her sleeves to make a pizza pie at Buckhead eatery, Varasano's.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Wednesday's Child - Karina
Here is a perfect example of how propaganda is used to formulate a Public Relations spin on the failures of the Child Protective Industry. The marketing tactic known as Wednesday's Child.
The aim of Wednesday's Child is to advertise a child who is in the foster care system and is available for adoption, on the evening news so that somebody's heart might be moved enough to take them into their homes and give them the love and stability that they need to make it through life. All of this because they cut the child off from their roots without having as much as a clue as to what to do with them.
Now I really feel sorry for this kid who ended up on Wednesday's Child this week, because while I suppose that it is possible that she is truly the kid who nobody wants, (including the foster parents) it is also entirely possible that there IS a real parent or grandparent or family member who loves and wants and misses that child.
In my opinion, Wednesday's Child is the lowest form of child marketing, where they take the kid for an outing, doing something really cool, so that they'll be all happy and bubbly in front of the camera's. Not to mention, this particular Wednesday's Child is 17, which means that she is about to turn 18, therefore about to age out of the foster care system, meaning that they're going to cut her off from all services and throw her out on her ass and force her to fend for herself without as much as a tie to their real families, but of course they don't tell you anything like that.
So what this is, is the Child Protective Industry's last desperate attempt to get this kid adopted so that they can claim a successful outcome and cash in on the rewards.
The aim of Wednesday's Child is to advertise a child who is in the foster care system and is available for adoption, on the evening news so that somebody's heart might be moved enough to take them into their homes and give them the love and stability that they need to make it through life. All of this because they cut the child off from their roots without having as much as a clue as to what to do with them.
Now I really feel sorry for this kid who ended up on Wednesday's Child this week, because while I suppose that it is possible that she is truly the kid who nobody wants, (including the foster parents) it is also entirely possible that there IS a real parent or grandparent or family member who loves and wants and misses that child.
In my opinion, Wednesday's Child is the lowest form of child marketing, where they take the kid for an outing, doing something really cool, so that they'll be all happy and bubbly in front of the camera's. Not to mention, this particular Wednesday's Child is 17, which means that she is about to turn 18, therefore about to age out of the foster care system, meaning that they're going to cut her off from all services and throw her out on her ass and force her to fend for herself without as much as a tie to their real families, but of course they don't tell you anything like that.
So what this is, is the Child Protective Industry's last desperate attempt to get this kid adopted so that they can claim a successful outcome and cash in on the rewards.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Anybody Want A Kid?
Wednesday's Child: Joseph
We were back in Anaheim, California for…baseball in February??? No, it was the Monster Jam, a monster truck rally under the big “A”. And we took 12 year-old Joseph along to get up close and personal with these vehicles to see just what a “big” deal it is.
We were back in Anaheim, California for…baseball in February??? No, it was the Monster Jam, a monster truck rally under the big “A”. And we took 12 year-old Joseph along to get up close and personal with these vehicles to see just what a “big” deal it is.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Anybody want a kid?
This week's Wednesday's Child is a smart, athletic 10-year old boy who needs a loving family to bring some stability to his life.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Dreams of Forever Homes...
Greta is a 13-year-old girl living in foster care and hoping for a permanent home. Christine Devine has her story.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Anybody want a kid?
The Heart Gallery is what I call the showroom floor of the adoption industry. This is where they take pretty pictures and fluff the kids with a bit of positive bullshit, similar to what you would read on somebody's dating profile.
Photos inspire families to open homes to foster kids
The Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery unfolds on the second floor of a beautifully aged tower, 43 museum-quality photographs that capture the cautious hope and resolute spirit of 58 children who simply want a home.
Photos inspire families to open homes to foster kids
The Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery unfolds on the second floor of a beautifully aged tower, 43 museum-quality photographs that capture the cautious hope and resolute spirit of 58 children who simply want a home.
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